Bar-soap holder.



C. T. BONNABEAU.

BAR SOAP HOLDER. APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 16. 19145.

1111 m Patented @ept. 12,1916! CHARLES T. BONNABEAU, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

BAR-SOAP HOLDER.

incense,

- scription.

This invention relates to soap holders, and has particular reference tosuch holders as are adapted to economize in the use of soap and toenhance the cleanliness of the devices with respect to similar devicescommonly in use.

Among the objects of the invention, therefore, 1s to provide a soap dishor holder adapted forattachment to the back of a washstand or the like,said holder comprising two separable parts, one above the other, thelower part being arranged to receive the drip from the wet bar of soapand from which the drip water may readily be wiped or sponged.

With the foregoing and other objects 1n view, the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustratinga practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters designate correspondingparts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing a preferred embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawings I show a mam part 10comprising a vertical back 11 and a forwardly projecting horizontalcup-like part 12. The back is provided with a plurality of slots 13through which T-head screws or bolts 14 are adapted to pass. The screwsare adapted to be turned into the wall or other support, and with theirheads extending transversely of the slots they will serve to lockSpecification of Letters Patent; Patentgdl Sept 12 191% Applicationfiled November 16, 1915. Serial No. 61,769.

the main part firmly but removably to said support. This main part ispreferably made from sheet metal stamped and bent into form, the sideportions 12 being soldered or otherwise secured, making a watertightcup. The back 11 is struck forwardly forming a pair of open-toppedsockets 15 arranged preferably on the same horizontal line and at anydesired distance below the top edge of the back.

The other main part of the holder consists of a rack 16, the mainportion of which, like the other main part, above described, is made ofsheet metal stamped and bent into form approximately saucer-shape andadapted to be supported in a horizontal plane above the cup 12. Thebottom of the rack is provided with a plurality of perforations or slots17 arranged between parallel upwardly formed ribs 18. The front and sideedges of the rack are rolled or turned over a metal rib 19, the freeends of which are turned upwardly at the rear edge of the rack formingapair of spaced hooks 20 adapted to be inserted into the open-toppedsockets 15, providing therefore a simple, cheap, and yet neat andreliable detachable connection between the rack and the main holderpart. A wet bar of soap placed upon the rack is received and supportedupon the ribs 18, the drip from the soap passing freely through theholes 17 into the cup 12, where it will be collected and thus preventedfrom splashing upon and soiling the top of the washstand or the like.This manner of supporting the soap bars insures a free drying thereofwithout waste, the waste ordinarily being incident to the lying of a barof soap in a pool of water. Either part of the holder may readily becleansed while supported in position, or for any other purpose the samemay be removed if desired. The soiled water dripping into the cup 12 maybe easily sponged therefrom if it is not desired to remove the holderfrom the wall.

ll claim The herein described holder for bar soap comprising a main partincluding a vertical back and a horizontally projecting imperfor-atecup, said back being provided with a sockets, said rack also ha ing aplurality of pair of open-topped sockets, and a rack inupwardlyprojecting ribs between the per cludlng a perforated body and a ribbindforations thereof.

ing the front and side edges of the body, CHARLES T. BONNABEAU. sald ribhaving free ends bent upwardly Witnesses: v

and thence downwardly forming hooks to GEO. L. BEELER,

be removably secured in said open-topped PHILIP D. ROLLHAUB.

